IMG Academy named No.1 high school football team in the nation
https://www.google.com/amp/s/www.maxpreps.com/m/news/J_7IEGHAP0q0J0_wqDNCsQ/maxpreps-preseason-high-school-football-top-25--no-1-img-academy.htm%3famp=1 Max Preps has named IMG Academy the No.1 team in the nation. There team is incredibly skilled and some people are saying that Michigan target OG Rocco Spindler may be transferring to IMG.
Some players on IMG who you may recognize include:
QB - JJ McCarthey - Michigan - 5⭐️ OC - Greg Crippen - Michigan - 4⭐️ OT - JC Latham - Alabama - 5⭐️ DE - Tunmise Adeleye - OSU - 4⭐️ CB - Kamar Wilcoxson - Tennessee - 4⭐️ DL - Walter Nolan - N/A - 5⭐️ RB - Lovasea Carroll - Georgia - 4⭐️ OT - Tyler Booker - N/A - 5⭐️ CB - Markevius Brown - N/A - 4⭐️ ILB - Sam Ofurie - N/A - 3⭐️ WR - Malik McClain - N/A - 3⭐️ WR - Corey Palmer - N/A - 3⭐️
LB - Jared Behrens - N/A - 3⭐️ S - Omar Burroughs Jr - N/A - 3⭐️
S - Myles Rowser - N/A - 4⭐️
RB - Kaytron Allen - N/A - 4⭐️
DT - Dominick James - N/A - 4⭐️
WR - Samuel Mbake - N/A - 4⭐️
WR - Shawn Miller - N/A - 4⭐️
ATH - Trevon Howard - N/A - 4⭐️
Oh JJ, talk up that DT.
Are they a senior?
OMG, how can they ever win a game against their top rival with so many 3-stars!!!
/maizened!
Would be interesting if Spindler went there. Who was the last Michigan native to go? Hamler?
Myles Rowser
Same kid related to Andre Seldon?
I wish they would have rankings for schools that were pure public schools and not these schools like IMG and Oak Hill (b-ball). To me IMG isn’t high school football.
100% agree. To me Michigan and all other states should have a private/Catholic division and public schools division separated. It's not reasonable when nearly every division is decided by a private/Catholic recruiting school. IMG while great for matriculating power football talent...it's not realistic when your program draws from all 50 states.
I agree with this.
My senior year we lost in the semi finals to Muskegon Catholic. They had nine D1 guys and grew up 2-3 hours from each other and met in HS.
We had one D1 guy and a bunch off D3 guys and all grew up a few blocks from each our whole lives.
Something didn’t seem right.
Come get this work, Crowell.
How good is their bench? I can’t imagine being an All State caliber type player and transfer to a school to sit on the sidelines.
IMG is also crazy in basketball. They have 5 of the top 40 prospects ranked in the class of 22’ in Jaden Bradley, Eric Dailey, Jarace Walker, Jett Howard, and Brandon Huntley-Hatfield.
Well, when you recruit the best players with promises of significant tuition help against future earnings, you're going to do okay. And on top of that, you can offer them professional level facilities, coaches, and education aimed directly at getting them through college admissions. Plus, you can promise they'll be playing on ESPN, and in front of major coaching names and every big program in the country.
Everyone super boss until the talking sponge shows up and starts singing about how he’s a goofy goober.
Spindler to IMG? That would be a devastating loss for MHSAA football.
How can they possibly survive?
Spindler transfers to IMG, playing with JJ McCarthy and Greg Crippen can't hurt us
Also, IMG's basketball team is looking pretty stacked as well and has multiple Michigan targets
Yeah and the son of Juwan Howard: Jett Howard
yep, the best team that money can buy.
IMG's yearly tuition is incredibly expensive. I'm guessing many of these players receive some type of scholarships? or receive Financial Aid?